Claudio Nessi

EUSA Pharma is a rapidly growing transatlantic specialty pharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, developing and marketing late-stage oncology, pain control and critical care products. The company currently has eight products on the market, including Caphosol for the treatment of oral mucositis, a common and debilitating side-effect of radiation therapy and high-dose chemotherapy, ProstaScint for imaging the extent and spread of prostate cancer, Quadramet for the treatment of pain in patients whose cancer has spread to the bones, Erwinase and Kidrolase for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the antibiotic surgical implant Collatamp. EUSA also has several products in late-stage development, notably Collatamp topical, a gentamicin impregnated collagen sponge for the prevention and treatment of infected skin ulcers, and CollaRx bupivacaine implant for local post-surgical pain control. Founded in 2006, EUSA Pharma is supported by a consortium of leading life science capital investors, comprising TVM Capital, Essex Woodlands, 3i, Goldman Sachs, Advent Venture Partners, SV Life Sciences, NeoMed and NovaQuest. Since its foundation, the company has raised over $275 million, and completed several significant transactions, including the acquisitions of Cytogen Corporation, Talisker Pharma Ltd, the French biopharmaceutical company OPi SA and the European antibiotic and pain control business of Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Inc. As part of its rapid growth strategy the company has established commercial infrastructure in the US, a pan-European presence covering over 20 countries and a wider distribution network in a further 25 territories. EUSA Pharma plans to continue its aggressive program of acquisitions and in-licensing within its specialist areas of medical and geographic focus, in line with its ambitious target to create a rapidly growing $1 billion company by the beginning of the next decade.

Arsanis, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company, which engages in provision of monoclonal antibody immunotherapies to address serious infectious diseases. The company was founded by Eszter Nagy, Tillman U. Gerngross, and Errik B. Anderson on August 2, 2010 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Calliditas Therapeutics Suisse SA engages in the development of NOX therapies. Its platform enables the identification of orally available small-molecules that selectively inhibit specific NOX enzymes, which amplify multiple disease processes such as fibrosis, inflammation, pain processing, cancer development, and neurodegeneration. The company was founded Chihiro Yabe, Robert A. Clark, David Lambeth, and Karl-Heinz Krause in 2006 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Kuros Biosurgery Holding AG operated as a medical technology company. It engaged in the development of biologic and biomaterial-based product candidates for localized therapy in trauma, spine and wound care. The company was founded by Marion Bavand, Didier Cowling, Dominik Ellenrieder, and Jeffrey Hubbel on April 3, 2008 and was headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Axovan AG conducts biopharmaceutical research and develops pharmaceuticals. Active in pharmaceutical research and development, it focuses on the family of drug targets called G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which are involved in a number of pathologies. It has developed a validated GPCR-based chemical library through its proprietary chem-informatics platform AXADDIS. Its lead product, clasozentan, is an intravenous endothelin receptor antagonist optimized for treating cerebral diseases. It is partnering non-core indication projects (pain, metabolic diseases, inflammation) at earlier stages. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Allschwil, Switzerland.

Genevest Consulting Group SA is an independent Swiss venture capital firm which was founded in 1983 to provide advisory services to institutional investors and high-net worth individuals. Based in Geneva, Genevest operates in close cooperation with Endeavour Vision SA.

Endosense SA operated as a medical technology company, which focused on reproducibility of catheter ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. The firm's flagship product was TactiCath Quartz that helped physicians to measure contact force during the catheter ablation procedure. The company was founded by Vitali Verin, Giovanni Leo, and Nicolas Aeby in 2003 and was headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

PregLem SA manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products specializing in gynecology and women's reproductive health. Its products include ESMYA, PGL2001, and PGL1001. The company was founded in June 2006 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.